Wall for buildings and the like.



y s. J. ANDERSON. VALL FOR BUILDINGS AND THE LIKE. Y

APPLIULATION FILED JUNE Z9, 1914.

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Beit v'known that l, STEPHEN J. ANDER- soN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at' the city. of Harvey, in the county of Cook.v and State ofV Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Walls for Buildings and the like, of which the' folf'- 'lowing -is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in structureahiiilding, and has particular relation lto Walls and' mainly to the outside walls' of buildings, yet itgis applicable to other kinds of Walls, and itconsists-in certainpeculiarities of theconstruction, vnovel 4 'I parts thereof,

arrangement andl operation of the various asfwill be hereinafter more fullyl described and specifically claimed. The principal object of lthe invention is to provide a wall which shall be simple and in en ensive yin construction, strong and dura le, and insulated'or so made as to render itproofaainst moisture. A@ther lii-jects and advantages of thevinvention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In the accompanying drawing, which serves 'to illustrate the invention- Figure l isa View in side elevation, partly in section,

of a `portion of *a wall embodying theinvention, showing it inl the act of being built;

' Fig. 2 is a plan sectional view, taken on line siste-of an inner,

-offthe wall.

-v ence numeral 7, and each of said blocks is4 formed, as well as with the air provided with a plurality of air chambers 8, said chambers being open at their lower. ends. v'The upper surface of each of.the blocks 'i'y is provided with 'openings 9, which communicate with the air chambers 8l of the block lin which said openings are chambers' of the block located directly thereabove, thus ai'ordingpassageways for air from one of the blocks 7 to and through the other blocks r Specification of Letters lateqnt. appagante-mea June as, 191i. serial no. armee.

Each concrete 13, respectively.' Y .members 12 may be suitably vsiipporte-dat Alieti/veen the adjacent ends of the poured into the spaces air chambers 17, and at f the intermediate tien Patented lll/fai'. 23, 15H5.

7 whichcoinpose the inner tier of of the blocks 7 i's"by,prefei'ence provided in each of its ends with a recess `or pocket 10, which recesses or pockets are preferably rectangular in shape, as shown in Fig. ,3 of the drawing.

As 'shown in Fig. 1, the intermediate tier consists of a plurality of piers, each pierbeing formed of the blocks place'd one on' the other inl vertical'v alinement. AThe piers which are indicated by the referencev nu- Ineral 1l in Fig. 1 are spaced apart,-as

shown, to provide room for and reception of verticallyi disposed reinforcing rods or standards the occupancy 12 and. cement or Y, The reinforcing their upper-,and lower ends, and, as shown in Figs. 1 and92, are located about midway.

yet at a distance therefrom, so as to'permit of the cement or concrete 13, which is ends of the blocks 7 or piers 11, surround# ing said reinforcing nienibers,. and ernbe`dding itself in the4 recesses or pockets 10 of said blocks. The inner and outer tiers of the walls may be and usually are of identical construction; that'is, each tier is coin-` ,Y posed of a series of superimposed rows of the blocks 15 and 16, which are placed'i'n such amaniier that their cavities 'will face the intermediate tier of the wall.- the blocks. 15 is provided with one or vmore a dove-tailed recess'oi" between the adjacent I Each ofv e .eo t each of its ends with pocket 18, and has at:

the upper and lower ends of the chambers 17` v;

openings 19 for the passage of air from the chambers 17-of one block 15 to those of the other blocks located saine. Each of the with apair of air chambers 20, having outlets 21 at their upper and lower ends, and saidichambeis are separated by means of a,y dove-tailed recess or pocket 22, for the piirpose to be pi'esentlyexplained.

In conetructingthe inner and outer tiers, which, as before stated, may be identical in the arrangement of the bloclisil and 16, anumber of the blocks 15 are located horizontally in -alinement with one another. with their airl chambers 17 facing the blocks of When thus placed, it is obvious that the dove-tailed recesses or pockets 18 at the adjacent ends of the blocks 15 will form dove-tailed chambers'comniuniabove and below the. blocks .15 is pi'oi'fioled i iop . I blocks i?,

'the blocks 16 will be presented so as to .made in the Y,torni o pockets, as w eating with the spares between the adjaeentf ends ovtbe blocks Y., which compose the' iere 11, and that saiddove-tailed chambers Will be located on each-side or" the intermedi ate tier, so that by pouring 'cement or concrete 13 into the spaces betweenthe blocks' it will 'How into 4'the' recesses or pockets 18, and on account of the dovetail shape thereof will tirinly lock tbe blocks ot' the inner and outer tiers together and against the intermediate tier. When a row of the inner and outer tiers have been constructed as above described, another row consisting of the blocks 16 is laid on ton` of the blocks 15 with the air chambers 20 presented to". Ward the intermediate tier 111e blocks 16 are laidso as to break thev joints Vof the blocks and i'n so doing it is obvious that the clove-tailed pockets or recesses 22 of com munie-ate with the spaces between the adjacent ends of the blocks Z which compose the piers 11 of the cement or concrete 13 can be poured into said spaces, from which it will flow into the dove-tailed 1oelrets or recesses 22 of the bloclrs 15 an loch or tie them together on opposite sides ot the intermediate tiers,-

it will be ciearly seen byreference 'to the drawing,` and readily understood, that, as the recesses 10 in the ends of the blocks Z constituting the; inner tier of blocks, arel made in the torni fitne 5l etsj that is, said recesses have marginai walls entirely around them, and that as the recesses itl and 25.35 in the blocks 15 andlt' respectively, are also ell as being dovetailed in shape, tbe concrete or plastic material placed-in the spaces between the en'ds ot the blocks 7 and around the rods 12 (when the same are used), will iow into said pocket-like recesses and beconie set, and thereby not only tie or bind the Walls together' againsty any lateral' olisplacement, but will :so-unite the blocks of the Walls and the columns of concrete oieenpying tbe spaces between tbe piers of the intermediate Wall, as'to practically make them a unit or integral, so that in settling ali of there 'venting eracirs in' the Wall caused by nneven or individual settling; The rods 12 and concrete colun'ins 13' will afford at their upper eri/:is and efficient means for intermediate tier, and that piers,

Yand so as to locate their will. settle togethera thus pref' nieaeea connecting 'and supporting ioists parent. As before stated, the blocks ib are laid on'the blocks 15 so as 'to joints of the latter, and sothat the pockets 'or recesses 22 of they blocks 16 will aline vertically with the recesses or pockets 18 or the blocks 15, thus greatly augmenting the strength of the structure.,

To prevent the passage of moisture through the Wall or to insulate the same against moisture or dampness, the exterior surfaces of the blocks 'i' may be .coatedwith asphalt 23 or Coal-tar, or any/'suitable rnoisture resisting material, end'tor the saine urpose the inner surfaces of the recesses 18 and 22j as well as the ends of the blocks i?, may be treated or provided with similar material before said blocks' are placed in position. By this arrangement the concrete columns 13 and the mortar between the blocks are insulated in such. a manner that said niaterialcannot act as moisture conductors' and an absolutely vxnoisture prooi` structure will. be produced.

llavingthus fully described my invention what l-felairn as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent isy 1n a Wall, the combination with a plurality of tiers of blocks, one of said tiers conas is an, te

brca'k the i sisting f superimposed blocks arranged in spaced a part piers, said blocks having peckn ets in their ends adjacent to said spaces, another of' said tiers consisting ot superimposed blocks arranged in horizontal rows one above another and located along side first named tier, each block oft one oi the horizontal rows of the last named tier having` in each oit its ends a doyetailed pocket adapted to register with a similar pocket in the adjacent end of the nent block .thereto and with the space between the spaced apart and each of the blocks composing the row next above said first named row having centrally a dove-tailed pocket, the lastnamed blocks being arranged so as to break the joints ot' the blocks of the first named row dove-tailed pockets directly above the dove.tailed pockets of the blocks of the first named row.

STEPHEN J. ANDERSON.-

Witnesses;

Criss. C, TrLLMAN, uli. S. PHILLIPS. 

